Netrics HD

A lot has been written (and rightfully so) about the need to better align and to foster collaboration between the Business and Information Technology (IT). Traditionally this has been necessary because of the typically disparate skills and backgrounds of the people working on the business and technical sides of the enterprise.

In the early days of information technology when computers represented a brave new world that had such people in it that were typically electrical engineers and mathematicians, they spoke a language that the business world didn’t understand. They were so consumed with the difficulties and intricacies of the emerging technology that they had no time to dedicate to day to day business matters.

Today, rapid advancements in technology are becoming so commonplace that the next generation of college graduates will never have lived in a world without the Internet, laptop computers and cell phones that have more processing power and functionality than even the best desktop computers had less than two decades ago.

Our brave new world is seeing a dramatic increase in number of people with skills and knowledge in both business and technology and I believe that in the near future Information Tecnology (IT) will transition simply to Business Technology (BT).

If you ask me, it’s long overdue.